De or het werkplek?
de werkplek
workplace
/ˈʋɛrk.plɛk/
Forms
- Singular
- de werkplek
- Plural
- de werkplekken
- Diminutive
- het werkplekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de werkplek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de werkplekken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het werkplekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze werkplek | deze werkplekken |
| that, those | die werkplek | die werkplekken |
| which (the … that) | de werkplek die … | de werkplekken die … |
| our | onze werkplek | onze werkplekken |
Meaning in English
- workplace
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